The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
POLYDEMIC
Definition of POLYDEMIC
adjective
Occurring in, or inhabiting, multiple regions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From poly- + demic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POLYDEMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLYDEMIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDEILMOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found POLYDEMIC?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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